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New personal server
I’ve thought about upgrading the server this site runs on a number of times lately, mostly because there’s some additional services I want to run on it for dev. work. Well, Dell finally made an offer I couldn’t refuse this weekend, and I ordered I machine that I’m going to be at pains to install as a server, because I’d rather be playing Half-Life 2 on it!
For only $749, I got a Dimension 8700 — their top-of-line desktop, with a 3.2 P4E/800 MHz FSB/1 MB cache/Hyper-Threading, 512 Meg Dual-Channel DDR2 (up to 4 gig), a motherboard with gigabit ethernet, 4 S-ATA channels and an IDE channel, 8 USB 2.0 ports, integrated 5.1 audio, plus PCI-X expansion and a PCI-X 128 meg ATI x300 SE video card and a CD-burner.
That already sounds like a pretty good deal, but they also threw in a free 19″ LCD (1280×1152 — usually around $500 upgrade), a free printer, and 2 year warranty.
So, anyway, in a few weeks, this site will be insanely fast.
November 15th, 2004 at 8:58 am
Sheesh, with that kind of juice, there’s no reason not to run the site AND play Half Life 2 on it…
November 15th, 2004 at 9:13 am
On Nov 15, 2004, at 9:04 AM, Sean McMains wrote:
> Sheesh, with that kind of juice, there’s no reason not to run the site
> AND play Half Life 2 on it…
you got a point! g.
November 15th, 2004 at 10:28 am
On 11/15/04, Greg Pierce said:
>For only $749
Wow, that’s an incredible deal!
November 15th, 2004 at 11:06 am
On Nov 15, 2004, at 10:28 AM, Seth Dillingham wrote:
> Wow, that’s an incredible deal!
o, i got free shipping, too.
i just wish i didn’t live in TX, and I wouldn’t have had to pay tax.
g.